Another suggestion could be to enable floating windows (i have no idea what that's called) for the “All events”-view. To be able to compare the map and past events at the same time… If I could release the “All events” frame, turning it into a new window, and drag it around as I saw fit, I could place it beside the map and thus see what had been going on.

For example if I want to see the moves of Austria in the previous turn, I click “All events”. All events will then appear in the same window as the map but below it. This makes it impossible to see Austria's movements on the map and his written orders at the same time.